DRF

IT Distributors & Resellers Credit Forum (DRF)

Background

The IT Distributors & Resellers Credit Forum (DRF) was formed in 2003 in conjunction with Graydon. It focuses primarily on credit, collections, risk management and fraud prevention. Aiming to equip members with the practical tools they need to meet the challenges of a changing business environment, and add value to their roles.

The objectives of the forum are to:

share experiences and draw on each others’ knowledge

develop and enhance best and new practice in credit and risk management

improve skill levels

provide access to a network of like-minded professionals and relevant industry experts.

It’s different because…

The IT Distribution & Resellers Credit Forum is not an ad-hoc event with business development aims. It is a genuine and lasting community of peers with common interests and goals.

How the forum operates

Meetings

There are 4 IT Distributers & Resellers Credit Forum meetings a year. Each of one-day duration, held at the Stratford Manor Hotel, Stratford Upon Avon

Meeting Format

The IT Distributors & Resellers Credit Forum meetings start at 09.30 and run through to 15.00. Refreshments & lunch are provided. There is an optional group dinner at the hotel the preceding evening.

Challenging & instructive agendas

The IT Distributors & Resellers Credit Forum members have significant input into meeting agendas in order to ensure that sessions are relevant and cover key areas of common interest.

Interactive delivery

Sessions are delivered through workshops and discussions rather than lecture-style presentations.

We source and invite knowledgeable subject experts in order to ensure that content is of the highest standard.

Sample Agenda items from the last 12 months

Sector & Insolvency Updates

Fraud in the Order to Cash Cycle

A workshop to plot the key stages in the O2C cycle then drill down into each stage to identify the main fraud risks. Sharing the processes members have in place to counter the risks.

Collections & Recoveries

Pre-legal and legal strategies to maximise recovery of debts, with a vie to building best practice procedures.

It’s different because…

The agenda sessions are drawn directly from suggestions made by members, and are not dictated by either FI Ltd or the sponsors.

Membership Information

Membership Criteria

Membership is open to credit & finance professionals from distributors & resellers in the IT channel, subject to our standard membership terms & conditions.

Who should attend our Forums

Our Forums are for practicing credit professionals of all levels. Today there are a multitude of job titles, so the Forums are for you.

The only exception is that we do not allow suppliers to attend unless they are pre-contracted corporate partners or speakers. Our promise to you is: You will never be directly sold to when you attend a Forum meeting.

Remember. Attending a Forums International Forum for the first time is free. We encourage you to come along and gauge the benefits for yourself before making a commitment to join.

Our memberships are company memberships and two people can attend each meeting.

Fees

Prospective members are invited to attend their first meeting free of charge and without obligation, to assess the benefits of membership for themselves. Thereafter the annual membership fee is £725 and covers all administration and meeting costs.

Members are responsible for their own hotel, accommodation and travel costs.

Membership is not just about meetings

We encourage members to draw on the network of peers provided by the Forum between meetings.

There is an established electronic communications channel for members to ask questions and stay in touch with each other.

the website has a secure members area, from where copies of all meeting presentations and workshop outputs can also be downloaded. Also, via the knowledge hub, members can ask each other questions and share experiences.

A LinkedIn Group has been established, membership of which is strictly limited to forum members and genuine prospective members.

It’s different because…

The membership is a genuine peer group – the forum is not open to non accredited suppliers

Meeting Feedback

‘Good sesions during the course of yesterday, very enjoyable.’

‘I absolutely loved the whole event and will certainly be coming again.’

‘Excellent event, felt very welcomed into a group that knows each other fairly well.’

‘This was a very good meeting, people were very friendly and the subjects were relevant.’

Who We Are

The IT Distributors & Reseller Credit Forum is operated by Forums International Ltd, a leading provider of credit and industry forums and focus groups. Our Forums Team has over 20 years’ experience of delivering forums and events and have established an enviable reputation throughout the credit profession. FI Ltd currently operate forums across and within a variety of industries.

Director Laurie Beagle has played a significant role in building the credit community across Europe, and is regularly invited to contribute articles to industry publications, particularly on international matters. In April 2012 Laurie was recognised for his commitment to the credit industry with the CICM’s Meritorious Service Award. He was elected to the Advisory Council in 2010 and the Executive Board in 2012 becoming chair in 2016. He is now CICM Vice President. Laurie ia also an Associate of the Association of Fraud Examiners.

Director Lynn Christon has been organising and co-ordinating the IT Distributors & Resellers Credit Forum for the last 20 years. She has specialist skills in event organisation and delivery, communication and member relations.

It’s different because…

Our priority is to correctly interpret members’ objectives and deliver high-quality, valuable forums which offer real benefit. We believe that we demonstrate our credibility best by doing just that.

Forum Corporate Partners

Acumen

Acumen is one of the largest independent specialist credit insurance brokers in Europe with over 50 dedicated staff and access to 14 Henderson Group offices.

The credit insurance market remains competitive and Acumen is ideally placed to look after our clients interests as the UK & global economy develops ‘post Brexit’ and the challenges it may bring. The current Acumen credit insurance office network of Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Marlow & London will continue to service all our clients. Your existing day to day contacts within Reynolds / UK Credit will remain unchanged.

Graydon is one of the world’s leading credit and risk intelligence companies, providing access to business information on over 100 million companies in more than 190 countries. we provide added-value business credit information services via our Business Intelligence Networks, designed for industry sectors that need a specialised business credit service.

Moore Stephens

Moore Stephens is a top ten accounting and advisory network, with offices throughout the UK and member firms across the globe.

Our clients range from individuals and entrepreneurs, to large organisations and complex international businesses. We partner with them, support their aspirations and contribute to their success. In-depth understanding of our clients allows us to deliver focused accounting and advisory solutions, both locally and globally.

Clients have access to bespoke services and solutions, including audit and assurance, business support and outsourcing, payroll and employers’ support, business and personal tax, governance and risk, corporate finance, forensic accounting, wealth management, IT consultancy, and restructuring and insolvency.

Our success stems from our industry focus, which enables us to provide an innovative and personal service to our clients in a range of sectors.

Delphinus

Delphinus tmc work with individuals from business, sport and entertainment – who are under pressure to deliver results –whatever that means to them – and we give them the tools, confidence and support structure to achieve.

The management role is more complicated and with more pressures than it has ever been.Gone are the days when management was about running a business – it is now all about running a company – with all the “people challenges” board pressures and everything else that involves.

Tie that into increasingly competitive, challenging and uncertain markets and it is no wonder that people battle to deliver at the level they KNOW and have proved they can.

Delphinus tmc help people to be the best version of themselves.

www.delphinustmc.co.uk

Rimilia

Rimilia provides award winning Cash Application & Cash Allocation software products that deliver industry leading tangible benefits like no other, but don’t just take their word for it – their customers are not only already enjoying the benefits of process automation, they are winning awards as a result of implementing Rimilia’s solutions too.